| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 27 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Millwall | 29 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Port Vale | 26 | 51 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Exeter City | 24 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 5 | 27 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | ||||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 29 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 28 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 30 | |||
| 8 | 30 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 33 | ||||
| 9 | 28 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 29 | ||||
| 10 | Walsall | 26 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Carlisle United | 24 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Northampton Town | 27 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 34 | |||
| 13 | 27 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 29 | ||||
| 14 | Watford | 28 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 25 | |||
| 15 | 26 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 26 | ||||
| 16 | 28 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | ||||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 33 | |||
| 18 | Aldershot | 29 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Hartlepools United | 29 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 32 | |||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 35 | |||
| 21 | 27 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 27 | ||||
| 22 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 43 | ||||
| 23 | Barrow | 29 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 24 | Gateshead | 27 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 45 | |||